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title: עַרְוָה — dishonour · The Biblical Aramaic dictionary
description: עַרְוָה (lemma:עַרְוָה), a word of Biblical Aramaic, used 1 times: dishonour. BDB 1906: n.f. dishonour. With 1 verse in Aramaic, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עַרְוָה

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«עַרְוָה» in the Biblical Aramaic dictionary: **dishonour** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 1 verse in layers.

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**Used:** 1 times · **Key:** lemma:עַרְוָה · **BDB:** עַרְוָה

### Glosses

the.dishonor (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

dishonour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5e8_5b0_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

n.f. dishonour [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5e8_5b0_5d5_5b8_5d4/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** n.f. dishonour (√ ערה, BH be naked (q.v.), עֶרְוָה nakedness);—cstr. עַרְוַת Ezr 4:14.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (1 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (1 candidates); Jastrow: none

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עַרְוָה» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/aramaic/1506/lemma_3a_5e2_5b7_5e8_5b0_5d5_5b8_5d4/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[Ezra 4:14](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/EZR.4.14/)

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כְּעַ֗ן כָּל־קֳבֵל֙ דִּֽי־מְלַ֤ח הֵֽיכְלָא֙ מְלַ֔חְנָא וְעַרְוַ֣ת מַלְכָּ֔א לָ֥א אֲ‍ֽרִֽיךְ לַ֖נָא לְמֶֽחֱזֵ֑א עַ֨ל־דְּנָ֔ה שְׁלַ֖חְנָא וְהוֹדַ֥עְנָא לְמַלְכָּֽא׃

*Word for word:* now as to because that the.salt of the.palace we.eat.salt and the.dishonor of the.king not \[is\].proper for us to see concerning this we.have.sent and we.have.made.known to the king

*JPS 1917:* Now because we eat the salt of the palace, and it is not meet for us to see the king's dishonour, therefore have we sent and announced to the king,

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